IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166872 accession number: MAR.M.188-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Mother-of-pearl and gilt metal spoon. The elongated oval mother-of-pearl bowl is pinned to a scrolled gilt metal handle. On the front of the bowl, the handle is shaped and engraved to resemble an acanthus leaf with a scroll on either side. The part of the handle behind the bowl is longer and arrow-shaped. The slender stem terminates in three scrolls with a rat's tail running down the back of the handle. object type: mother-of-pearl and gilt metal; mother-of-pearl bowl with gilt metal scrolled handle title: spoon NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166872 SUBJECTS ------------------- acanthus acanthus CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1900 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1900 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 12.5